Oedipus Rex
Edipo re
Italy • 1967
Director
Synopsis
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
Synopsis
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
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Credits
Crew
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
WriterPier Paolo Pasolini
CinematographerGiuseppe Ruzzolini
EditorNino Baragli
ProducerAlfredo Bini
Cast
Franco Cittias Oedipus
Silvana Manganoas Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Alida Vallias Merope, Queen of Corinth
Carmelo Beneas Creon
Julian Beckas Tiresias